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Web Training exercise
Yes, it's been quite some time since web_training has had a training exercise posted to it, so I thought I would go ahead and write some up for it ( Read more... ) -
Notice!
For anyone that posts here: the newpost minsecurity has been set to "public", so if you want to make a protected post in this comm, you'll have to do it manually from now on. Thanks! -
Cookies: The Big Blue Monster
What are cookies, anyway? Are they tasty?
A cookie is a small bit of information about you that the web server sends to your client. Your client then offers that information to the web server every time you visit a page on it thereafter.
Cookies are frequently used by web sites as part of their login process; when you enter your username and ( Read more... ) -
Memcache, and other Blacke Magick
What is a memcache? Is it like a cache that tells you what X-man you are?
If you're not familiar with web caching in general, hit up the web-cache training post before reading this one. All set? Good.
Memcache is a system created by the LiveJournal development team to reduce load on their database servers. (It has since been adopted by other ( Read more... ) -
RT, and the balm it applies to the human soul
RT, or Request Tracker, is the system which LiveJournal uses to track work internally. It is, therefore, the system into which bugs are posted for the developers to work on once we have diagnosed them.
This post is not intended to be an in-depth RT guide, just a list of tips on how to do what you need to do in RT as a support volunteer. If you've ( Read more... ) -
Login: Sometimes you wanna go where nobody knows your name
What is a login, anyway?
Login is the term used to describe the process of using your username and password to prove your identity to a service, particularly to begin a series of communications with that service that will not require you to enter your username and password with every transaction.
This all sounds great. So what's the problem?
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How Web Assigns Privs: Write More Answers
How Web Assigns Privs
The following information represents the guidelines that Web uses to assign our privileges. Please note that these requirements are not entirely absolute; skill in one area may compensate for missing skills in other areas, and no-one knows or is expected to know everything about every feature or type of problem.
Interim 1
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Navigation: Buttons, buttons, who's got the buttons
What exactly do you mean by "navigation" here?
The action buttons attached to the different LiveJournal forms. The "Login" button, for instance, and the "Update Journal" button. Also, the drop-down menus used in certain LiveJournal layouts (for instance, the 'Update' item that appears under the 'Journal' item in XColibur).
What kind of problems ( Read more... ) -
Cache: How to Recognize and Treat
What is a cache, anyway? Can I spend it?
A cache is a copy of some or all of the files from an internet site that your browser downloads when you visit that site. If you return there within a certain period of time, the browser displays the copies instead of going to the site again to retrieve the files, which speeds up your browsing and saves ( Read more... ) -
Introduction: The Tao of Web
The Interface that can be seen is not the true Interface.
The URL that can be found is not the true URL.
Getting started in the Web Interface category is easier than you think.
Web Interface is the category that deals with problems the user has accessing the main interface for the LiveJournal web site. If a user sees an error message, that ( Read more... )